the strong bipartisan vote gives impetus to the bill and says to speaker john boehner, this bill has bipartisan support not only in the senate but the house. do not ignore the needs of the new yorkers, new jersey knights and others who have suffered. we have a desperate situation in new york. we have home owners waiting and watching to see if this bill would pass so that they could begin to think about getting help to rebuild their homes. we have small-business owners watching and waiting to see of this bill would pass, to see if they can get help to get their businesses going. we have governments large and small like along the beach and so many others on long island waking to see if they will get some relief so they could move forward with their plans. we beat back most of the crippling amendments. we beat back all of the crippling amendments and most of the amendments. it is a very good day for this and that it. the century-old tradition of different parts of the country rallying to help those that are beleaguered because of the difficult natural disasters. the 12 republicans voted